Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04d09f6c95cae115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:36:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 935a20da0fb3a82485136211109ff724 SHA-1: a19c4e6786c435c21a84180ce7a3c5392978b87c SHA-256: 04d09f6c95cae115b7dfbdbf8cd9c2d36455b5d83a487b5e3a53a35fba73889a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/momirivipirajusebepuje.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/kanuvapikobot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/lujexulazamobebajuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c4a4fcf1e4fe57e2d70e4bf755d1c51/28335831644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb652ee197---vofepodubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnphucu9oekekv9185k8p53673/36727017450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/dikefeveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/29615064442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/81235740146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f80cde6c144fa3c14993291b6c8206af/33395215104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611eba0eca691---17803853849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eis-pieschel.de/UserFiles/File/83334455253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/wezafuxonatif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/64640902569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/pumikek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9965c2a86---pevaxagupomufipatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104dcf73b226---nasifusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faprosid.com/file/36892061491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f44760e80---63205898355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqerj1ab9r8k3c60kfffkalqv6/bezixebobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d31743b206---72681626288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18eb092e64---59018831454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8ff434f716f535a15c37c7be901384d/71823368278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ce-mi.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/88894246674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegas-shop.net/uploads/files/temakuvotijibabez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/fewasaxavegozurojunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ghalin+lotangan+lyrics+marathi+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bf31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF31 11088 bytes
SHA-256: d11c72c4c9bdafaa045ef547d9b2863c43c0544b733ac1d383a561537edf6726
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8AD 18860 bytes
SHA-256: db5253b137a01cb46b3132b3b66af33a121bd9591b195ac0168dfbc5fb9e168d
font_02_sfnt_off000108df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1